The masque of the red death read5/29/2023 ![]() Burroughs Reads Edgar Allan Poe Tales in the Vintage 1995 Video Game, “The Dark Eye” ![]() You can hear more of Burroughs reading Poe, in performances recorded for the computer game The Dark Eye, in Ted Mills’ previous post here.īurroughs’ reading ( which you can also hear on YouTube) will be added to our collection, 1,000 Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free. But among them all, who better than Burroughs to articulate “The Masque of the Red Death’s” final line: “And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.” ![]() And so it makes perfect sense for Burroughs and his voice of a jaded but still amused ancient to join the formidable lineup of Poe’s interpreters, which includes Christopher Walken, Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, James Earl Jones, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, and Stan Lee. Though completely different in form, aesthetic, setting, and psychology, both writers’ works strike just the right ominous tone and leave just enough unexplained to seep into our subconscious in vivid and sometimes even unwanted ways. Poe could tell a seriously resonant tale, and so could Burroughs. ![]()
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